John 17:21 CSB – May they all be on, as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe You sent Me.
Acts 2:47 CSB – Every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
Acts 12:24 CSB – The word of God spread and multiplied.
Matthew 28:18-20 CSB – Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Ephesians 2:12, 19 CSB – At that time, you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise…so, then, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household.
Ephesians 4:11-13 CSB – And He [Jesus] Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness.
Acts 2:46 CSB – Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts.
2 Timothy 2:4 CSB – No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the commanding officer.
Ephesians 4:12 CSB – To equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ.
Colossians 1:18 CSB – He is also the head of the body, the church.
Romans 12:4-8 CSB – Now as we have many parts in one body, and all the parts do not have the same function, in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another. According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts: if prophecy, use it according to the proportion of one’s faith; if service, use it in service; if teaching, in teaching; if exhorting, in exhortation; giving, with generosity; leading, with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness.
Hebrews 10:24 CSB – Not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching.
